Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-04-30
Stabbed fits Wife.

fHlLApELPHIA,A April S0 William
Brown, OF 236 Spruce street, and hia
wife, Fannie Blown, engaged in q
quarrel = No. 8Pins street about 7.15
10'clock ISst night The woman seized
ten pot as the moet convenient {
weapon and a. she WAS abort to bring
1t down upon the head OF her husband
he whipped knife from his pocket
and stabbed her in the left side. The
| injured woman WAS removed TO the
Pennsylvania Hospital where she was
lying 10 . precarious condition last
night. Brown was locked up In the
Third district station house. He gives
NJ reason for his assault that his wife
was leading life of shame.
No one was present when the stab
bling occurred. After Brown was 81 I.
rested he made q candid statement
which remains uncontradicted, as his
vito was unable TO speak after receiv-
ing the wound. The accused man said /.
my wife and have not been living
together for about two years. She left
me ana has been leading life of dissi.
patton. I have tried to reclaim her,
but all my efforts were useless. She
has been In the habit Of meeting man
named Riley nearly every night, 1t No.
Pine street, and this trouble has so
worried me that became almost crazy.
INTENDED TO KILL RILEY.
II made up my natud to kill Riley, be-
|SeeyiDs that II he were out Of tho way
ana my wife's infatuation for him ended
that she would return to me. 30 /
loaded up with rum and went to No. s
fine street, expecting to meet Riley
and intending to kill him, but he wasn't
thQra Il
susde her TO change her habits and be.
come q better woman. 1 talked to her
for some time, but all of my words went
In one car and oat of the other. Il was
OF no use to urge her and began to get
angry.
"When she saw that I was mad she
also lost her temper, and It Was not long
before We we're having quite q battle OF
words. Suddenly she grabbed tea. Dot
which was near at hand, and raised II
TO strike me On the head. As she rails
Cd her arm the thought flashed through
my brain that then had good chance
to kill her and thus put an end TO all of
our family trouble. struck her with
the knife. She screamed and fell upon
the floor and ran to Spruce and Sec
ond streets, where was arrested"
BOTH KNOWN TO THE POLICE.
Officer MAla,ests heard the shriek OF
pain and seeing Brown run from the
house he followed and arrested him.
Brown is about 80 years old and Lieu.
tenant Mitchell says he knows him to
be a thrifty man Of good habits. The
wife is about % years old, and though
she bears the traces of dissipation, she
is still good looking. Brown and his
wife have cuarrelled whenever they
have met of late. and about two weeks
ago they were both looked up In the
Third district station house for creating
disturbance. They have had six
but only one is now living,
and that one has resided with the
father.
The knife used by Brown is an old
single. bladed pocketknife.
Mrs. Brown was removed to the hos.
pital In q patrol wagon. and the sur.
geons at the hospital thought she was
dying when she was received, but a |
little later she rallied. The wound Is
On the left SIC e, just ah' Ndonen,
and the surgeons said ~ night that Il
would probably prove .atal.